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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4651887 | Spill catch pan Disclosed is a spill pan which is ideally suited for installation between the rails of a rail siding used for loading and unloading liquid chemicals and solvents. The spill catch pan is designed to catch any inadvertent liquids which are discharged during... | 03/24/1987 |
| 4576301 | Wheel protector A wheel protector is formed as a tray to fit inside a dish-type truck wheel to collect lubricants and other material as an axle is removed from the truck without demounting the wheel from the truck.... | 03/18/1986 |
| 4574977 | Drip tray for high chairs A tray of substantially circular form includes a peripheral edge vertically aligned to contain any liquids that may drop thereon. In this form the tray may be used as a drip pan underneath a high chair to trap any spillage that may be incident in the cour... | 03/11/1986 |
| 4553352 | Plant container for draining moisture from the soil A plant container including a main container (10) and a reservoir tray (12) for receiving fluids. The main container (10) has a plurality of orifices (14) disposed in the bottom thereof. The reservoir tray (12) is rotatable about a member (16) and has a p... | 11/19/1985 |
| 4527707 | Devices for securing a debris holding tray to a glass or dish rack The invention relates to various embodiments of a device for securing a glass or dish rack to a debris holding tray for collecting waste fluid and debris from glasses, cups or dishes prior to washing in an automatic dishwasher.... | 07/09/1985 |
| 4488500 | Device for preventing bottom of ships hold from being cooled by leaked liquid from low temperature liquid storage tank carried by ship In a ship for carrying a low temperature liquid storage tank which is supported on the bottom of a ship's hold by especially horizontal displacement preventive tank supporting structures, a leaked liquid receiving pan is disposed below an engaging member ... | 12/18/1984 |
| 4418829 | Washing and rinsing vessel with debris catching channel A vessel for washing and rinsing produce has a bottom and side walls upwardly extending therefrom. A debris collecting channel extends outwardly around the periphery of the side walls. In differing embodiments the channel is located either at the upper ex... | 12/06/1983 |
| 4386700 | Drain control for multiple stacked containers A plurality of identical open top containers may be vertically stacked or vertically adjacent containers may be rotated 180° relative to a vertical axis and nested, for the transport of items, such as fish, involving liquid that is desirably drained from... | 06/07/1983 |
| 4308967 | Protection ring for limiting the width of cracks in a storage tank wall Large openings in a storage tank wall caused by cracks appearing therein are prevented by surrounding such wall with a plurality of rings which are spaced apart from the wall to be structurally independent of that wall. Such structurally independent rings... | 01/05/1982 |
| 4245748 | Leak protection system on a tank for storing or transporting liquefied gas A leak protection system on a tank for storing or transporting liquefied gas, having leak collection means which open out above a catch basin placed beneath the tank. The catch basin is of sufficiently large dimensions to permit the gradual evaporation of... | 01/20/1981 |
| 4162020 | Anti-spill device This relates to an anti-spill device to be utilized in conjunction with a hatch located on the top or roof section of a liquid storage vessel, particularly a petroleum liquid storage vessel. This device is in the form of a pan which is positioned between ... | 07/24/1979 |
| 4150763 | Paint brush scraper A paint brush scraper adapted for use with conventional paint cans comprises a conical surface cut away to form a pie-shaped cut bounded by two radial edges. The peripheral edge of the cone and the exterior portions of the radial edges are provided with a... | 04/24/1979 |
| 4091875 | Device for extinguishing a liquid-fuel fire by isolation The device comprises at least one receptacle for collecting an accidental outleakage of liquid fuel and especially liquid sodium at high temperature. The receptacle is fitted with a cover which is provided with sloping channels for the flow of the liquid ... | 05/30/1978 |
| 4085773 | Water heater overflow pan An overflow unit for a water heater installation has a plastic, resilient polystyrene pan with a bottom wall for receiving the bottom of the heater and a continuous side wall including inner and outer walls which diverge downwardly in a range of approxima... | 04/25/1978 |
| 4013105 | Spilled fuel diverter for small engines A pan-like spilled fuel diverter overlies the fuel tank of a small engine and has the filler neck on the top of the tank projecting through a hole in the bottom wall of the diverter with a liquid-tight connection therebetween. A portion of the diverter pr... | 03/22/1977 |
